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Worksheets"Water, Water, Everywhere" Sections 1-4
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following was not a reason Adam Fiske hated hauling water from Spider Creek?
He was not a strong boy.
People laughed at him when he drove through town.
It took up too much of his time.
Why wouldn’t Pa accept water from Mr. Jenks’s spring?
The water was bad.
He thought it was charity.
He would have to pay for it.
On the way to school, Adam met Polly Kemp who
made a frog sound instead of talking
ignored him
offered to help him carry water.
When Adam drove through town on the way to the creek,
nobody noticed
the wagon broke down
people made fun of him
Why were the barrels almost a third empty when Adam got home?
Some boys in town had turned them over.
He had to empty them because the horses couldn’t pull the full containers.
One wagon wheel hit a rock and caused the water to slosh out.
Uncle Poot said the power to find water was not in the dowsing rod, it was
in the
faith of the farmer
person holding it
spirits who lived in the dowsing rod
Why did Adam have trouble falling asleep that night?
His shoulders ached.
He could hear his mother crying.
He was too excited to sleep.
Where did Adam keep the card with the red spot?
on a shelf in his closet
in his pants pocket
hidden in a book
Adam thought his wish was
a foolish thing to hope for
too much, even for the great Wish Giver
worth waiting for
Adam didn’t have to go to school until the end of the week when tests began.
True
False
Ma couldn’t make up her mind where she wanted to put the fence for the flower garden.
True
False
Adam’s mother was happy when she heard he had found water under the whole yard.
True
False
Pa jabbed a hoe in the ground in the cornfield, and a water fountain started coming out of it.
True
False
Adam had a dream about
becoming a rich farmer
being pulled under the water of Spider Creek
building Ma’s fence
Pa was busy at the barn because it was
flooded
leaking and ruining the hay
time to water all the crops
Which one of the following was not a problem in the barn?
The grain was getting soaked
The ducks were trying to get away.
The chickens had soaked feathers.
Once the water reached the edge of Adam’s farm it
turned into a creek
disappeared into the ground
evaporated
Mr. Baldwin, the high school science teacher, said the water spouts were
underground rivers
rock strata
artesian wells
Sven Hensen, the blacksmith, tried to solve the problem by
drilling more holes to drain the spouts
dropping anvils into the holes
capping the spouts
When Adam tried to tell his parents about his wish, Ma said
she didn’t want to hear about it
she didn’t believe in magic
Pa was in no mood to hear about his frivolous goings-on.
Was there a lake around the house when Adam got up Thursday morning?
True
False
Were Ma and Pa eager (anxious) to hear Adam’s story about the wish and Thaddeus Blinn?
True
False
Was the large kitchen table the last thing left in the house?
True
False
Adam started running as fast as he could toward Coven Tree.
True
False
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